Juv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE XXIL 



TIGER-SHOOTING IN SOUTHERN INDIA — {continued). 



A Griffins' Exploit — A Netted Tigress — Our Narrow Escape — A Small Boy's Adven- 

 ture with a Tiger — A Visitor Welcome at any Hour — News from Ponjoor — A 

 Tigress Resists Bommay Gouda's Researches — I Assist in Pursuing Investiga- 

 tions — The Cause of Her Contumacy — Shoot Her on Foot — A Courageous Cub — 

 Bommay Gouda's Worthless Son — A Timid Tigress— Wound Her — A Marker 

 Tree'd — Look for the Tigress on Foot — A Close Interview — We Retire Gracefully 

 — A Dead Tiger comes to Life and Escapes — A Night- Watch — Kill the Tigress — 

 A Cautious Tigress — Moonlight Scene — Shoot the Would-be Destroyer — Jackals 

 at a Carcass — The Tiger's Arrival — A Warm Reception — Search for the Wounded 

 Tiger on Foot by Moonlight — Recover Him. . . . . -314 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE PANTHER, LEOPARD, AND CHEETA OR HUNTING-LEOPARD. 



The Difference between the Panther, Leopard, and Cheeta or Hunting-Leopard — Dis- 

 tinguishing Marks — The Black Leopard — Habits and Disposition of the Panther 

 and Leopard — The Cheeta or Hunting-Leopard — Dr Jerdon and General Shak- 

 epear's Descriptions — Antelope-Coursing with the Cheeta. . . . 327 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



SPORT WITH PANTHERS AND LEOPARDS. 



My First Introduction to the Panther — The Shrdvana Balagdla Image — A Nocturnal 

 Visitor — A Large Panther at Muddoor — Unsucceesful Hunts after Him — Bag Him 

 at Last — Two Panthers near Rimanhully — Their Stronghold — Drive Them— In a 

 Bush with the Panthers — Shoot One — Hints about Posting Markers — The Torreae 

 of Mysore — News of a Large Panther — His Haunts— Jaffer's Diplomacy — Hunt 

 the Panther — An Obtrusive Boar — The Panther turns Rusty — Wounds a Beater 

 — Escapes to Another Stronghold — We Attack Him therein — Three more Men 

 Clawed — The Panther Escapes — Shoot a Female Panther and Capture Her Cubs- 

 Intractability of Panther-Cubs — A Pig-Hunt — A Night Raid into Camp by a 

 Panther— She Carries off Old Rosie — Prompt Pursuit — Rosie's Escape — Shoot the 

 Panther. .......... 333 



CHAPTER XXV. 



SPORT WITH PANTHERS AND LEOPARDS — (contintied). 



News of a Panther and Two Leopards— Shikarie Subba— A Friend's 111 Luck— 

 The MdderhuUy Garden— Arrange Plans for Driving the Panther and Leopards — 



